Curriculum / ELA / 10th Grade / Unit 8: Feminism and Self-Respect in Sula / Lesson 21
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Unit 8
10th Grade
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Book: Sula by Toni Morrison
Book: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Excerpt: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapter 9 by Zora Neale Houston
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LO 1.4B — Synthesize ideas from multiple texts and explain how the texts may convey different perspectives on a common theme or idea.
LO 2.1A — Establish a purpose for the composition and make deliberate choices about genre, organization, and language according to the purpose and intended audience
LO 2.1B — Gather and generate a variety of ideas, and select the most appropriate based on the purpose of the composition.
LO 2.4B — Use a variety of techniques to advance plot, theme, and the evolution of character(s).
LO 2.4C — Use carefully selected language to help the reader imagine or share the experience conveyed in the narrative.
LO 3.2B — Compose or revise language to ensure that word choice and language patterns are consistent with the intended style, voice, register, and tone of a text or presentation.
LO 3.3C — Understand the ways in which language choices can be made to achieve intended effects.
L.9-10.5 — Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
RI.9-10.2 — Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI.9-10.3 — Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
RL.9-10.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
W.9-10.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.9-10.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.9-10.5 — Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Analyze how word choice and structure impact meaning in the opening sentence of “On Self-Respect.”
Standards
LO 1.3BRL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Characterize Didion’s view of self-respect and analyze how Didion conveys this view.
LO 1.2ARI.9-10.3RI.9-10.5
Analyze the techniques Susan Minot uses to characterize the narrator.
LO 2.3ALO 2.3BLO 2.3CLO 2.3DRL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Interpret and evaluate “Lust” through a feminist critical lens using bell hooks’s Feminism Is for Everybody.
LO 5.1ALO 5.1BSL.9-10.1
Analyze the techniques that Zora Neale Hurston uses to characterize Janie.
LO 1.3BRL.9-10.3
Analyze the techniques that Gloria Naylor uses to characterize Mattie Michael.
Explain Deborah Tannen’s line of reasoning in “There Is No Unmarked Woman” by identifying relevant claims and clearly explaining connections among them.
LO 1.3ALO 2.3ALO 2.3CW.9-10.2
Formulate and share unique arguments about self-respect and feminism across texts.
Support arguments with strong and thorough textual evidence in a Summative Socratic Seminar.
LO 5.1ALO 5.1BSL.9-10.1SL.9-10.2
Analyze how the author establishes setting, conflict, and characterization in the beginning of Sula.
Analyze the techniques Morrison uses to reveal Helene’s character.
Examine Morrison’s description of Sula and Nel’s upbringings and explain the impact it has on their friendship
LO 1.3BRI.9-10.3
Analyze how Morrison portrays Eva, Plum, and Hannah and their complex relationships as mother and children.
Analyze how Morrison portrays Sula and Nel and their complex relationship as friends.
Analyze the changes in Nel and Sula’s friendship. Examine the significance of Jude’s infidelity and Sula’s betrayal.
Analyze how the relationship between the deficiencies of a male character and the strengths of a female character in Sula illuminates the central ideas in the text.
LO 1.3ALO 1.3BLO 2.3ALO 2.3BLO 2.3CLO 2.3DRL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3W.9-10.2
Analyze how Denise Levertov uses structure and other poetic techniques to highlight her perspective on marriage.
LO 1.3ALO 1.3BRL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4
Synthesize ideas about marriage, sex, and love across Sula and “About Marriage.”
LO 1.4BRL.9-10.2
Analyze how Morrison portrays the complex relationship between Ajax and Sula.
LO 1.2BLO 1.4BRI.9-10.3
Analyze the paradox of Sula’s evil and the impact it has on the residents of the Bottom.
Examine the ironic nature of Sula’s death and analyze the significance her death had on the community of the Bottom.
LO 1.2BLO 1.4BRL.9-10.3
Formulate and share unique arguments about Sula.
Support arguments with strong and thorough textual evidence in a summative Socratic Seminar.
LO 5.1ALO 5.1BRL.9-10.3SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.2
L.9-10.5LO 1.4BLO 1.4BLO 2.1ALO 2.1BLO 2.4BLO 2.4CLO 3.2BLO 3.3CRI.9-10.2RI.9-10.3RL.9-10.2W.9-10.3W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
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